New QUIZ: What is Your Active Power?

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy taking fun Internet quizzes, so I just had to create a new quiz to celebrate the upcoming release of Blood Tied. If you remember I created a quiz for Spell Bound called “What Magical Species are You?” If you haven’t taken that quiz, you can take it by clicking here.

But for today, here’s the latest quiz. I hope you have fun, and I hope you’ll share your answers. If you share them on your social media sites, and I hope you do, please tag me. I want to compare my power with everyone else’s. 🙂

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“Teeth” VIDEO

In case you didn’t already know, I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan. I’m a fan of her music and the messages in her lyrics about love, acceptance, and the need to let our inner freak out. I can definitely relate to all three!

So when I started writing Blood Tied, which contains vampires (or vampyren as I call them in my world of Havenbridge) as part of the cast of characters, I went looking for musical inspiration as I tend to do.

That was when I remembered that Lady Gaga sang a song called “Teeth.” Naturally, I hopped onto YouTube and put that video on autoplay to help fan the creative fires of my muse. Even though I put own spin on the vampyren mythos, which makes them not quite how they are portrayed in this video, the creative inspiration worked and it got my muse to show me his teeth!

I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do!

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Top 5 Creepiest Vampires

I don’t know about you, but for the past few years, I’ve wondered exactly how vampires have changed from bloodsucking monsters into misunderstood rebels. I mean, just who is their publicist? When I was a child, the thought of a vampire terrified me. They were undead, and they delighted on preying on innocents and sucking them dry. I remember going to sleep after watching a vampire movie, eyeing what I could turn into a stake if I needed to.

That hasn’t really been the case for a few years. Vampires have turned into the ultimate bad boys. They are the anti-heroes who just need to love of a good man (or woman) to get them to change their bloodthirsty ways.

Granted, I admit the idea intrigues me, and I wouldn’t mind being turned by Eric Northman from True Blood.

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Damn, that man is hot!

Even so, to me, vampires were meant to be monsters, to inspire fear and to keep us up at night (and not in the good way). That’s why today, I’m going to share my top 5 creepiest vampires

#5 Grandpa Munster from The Munsters

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Now, I know many of you might disagree, but this character always creeped the s#!+ out of me! He was far too nice and saccharin and the way he talked made he shudder. I always expected him to try to lure me into his white van with candy. Shivers!

#4 Collin Ferrell’s Jerry in Fright Night

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Jerry was creepy to me because he was this insanely hot next door neighbor during the day but a ruthless killer at night. He’d flash you that roguish smirk and then slice open your throat with his fangs. The combo of hot and crazy creeps me out every time because being hot kinda blinds most of us to the crazy.

#3 Danny Glick from Salem’s Lot

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This kid freaked the ever-loving fool out of me! In fact, I still have trouble with this scene as an adult. I won’t go near a window after watching this movie!

#2 The Master from The Strain

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I was thrilled when I heard Guillermo Del Toro was taking on the vampire genre, and he hasn’t disappointed me yet with his interpretation. While the master was creepier before we actually got to see him, he still takes spot number 2 on my list.

#1 Barlow from Salem’s Lot

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So, yeah, Salem’s Lot is obviously the definitive vampire story in my opinion, seeing as how two characters from this book/mini-series made it on my list, but can you blame me? Look at this guy! He’s one creepy ass mother! Watching this movie still terrifies me after all these years.

These are the kinds of vampires I remember, and to me, this is how vampires are supposed to be. What do you think? Do you prefer vampires as the scary monster or the misunderstood anti-hero?

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“Blood Tied” Mini-Author Reading #1

It’s Day 2 of the Blood Tied pre-release promotional tour, which includes 30 days of unique content prior to the book’s release on September 7.

I kicked off the tour yesterday on my Facebook page, where I shared a graphic, featuring a line from the book. Today, I’ll be sharing a mini-author reading that will hopefully whet your appetite for more of Thad and his story. After the video, you’ll find the book blurb and the fabulous cover created by Dreamspinner’s Paul Richmond.

Book Blurb:

Thad Blackmoor’s heart is as cold as his icy magical abilities. He considers emotions a waste of his time and prefers to study the arcane, using the sacred books of his coven to grow in his craft. He aspires to supersede his father and elder brother Pierce in power, and now that his younger brother Mason has tapped into the rare warlock power of darkness, he needs to work harder than ever.

But Thad’s ambitions are halted when he saves Aiden Teine, a fire fairy, from a banshee. Thad’s immediate attraction to Aiden catches him off guard and thaws his cold heart for the first time. As Thad, Aiden, and his brothers investigate the connection between the banshee attack and the vampyre and shadow weaver who almost killed them, Thad tries to dodge Ben, a sexy warlock who won’t let him be after a one-night stand.

Their search leads them to the Otherworld, where something even more insidious is at work—something Thad will need more than logic to stand against.

To buy Blood Tied, click here.

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